[yorkietalkjilly]

Try not to react to 'mom'. She obviously has never had a special relationship w/any dog & can never understand. People out of the loop like that cannot ever get how much our special dog can mean to us and never will, never understand the grief at losing them. Likely everybody on this forum gets your reaction entirely and thank goodness your boss does, too. You've been through hell.

I have had a Yorkie, my tiny 3 lb. Scotty, whose tooth abscessed through his face, found blood and rushed him to the vet who was open, where he had a tooth extraction w/in q couple of days of antibiotic coverage. One of Tibbe's teeth did, too, last year, a Saturday evening, despite his regular brushings with C.E.T. chicken flavor pet toothpaste and regular vet dental cleanings. Found blood on his little face while cleaning his face, ER vet correctly Dx'd. it as abscess, started antibiotics, but my vet was out of office and fill-in vet missed it, said tooth was healthy. Dx'd imbedded foreign object she couldn't find on probing or x-ray, kept him on anti-biotics and daily inspection of the wound . After 4 wks., failed to heal the wound, my vet, now back, said it was an abscessed tooth root, that the tooth itself was fine but base of root was infected, but still had to put him under and remove the tooth and root, I&D and lavage, continue antibiotic coverage. Cleared the weeping face wound within days, scab gone.

Tibbe, now aged 11, has regular yearly dental cleanings, too, since age 9 mos., but some of these little dogs have such awful congenital predisposition to heavy dental bacteria, they often develop severe, painful dental issues so that cleaning underneath the gumline and dental tartar, dealing with early decay, is critical to their comfort, overall wellbeing & responsible healthcare. I can't imagine how little Scotty & Tibbe suffered until I noticed their abscesses. Makes me sick to my stomach to even think about it.

God bless and lots of hugs to you.